UN CHAMPIONS SECURITY AT MAJOR EVENTS IN EUROPE

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1 UN IN ACTION Release Date: November 2009 Programme No Length: 5 14 Languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian UN CHAMPIONS SECURITY AT MAJOR EVENTS IN EUROPE VIDEO CROWDS OF FOOTBALL SPECTATORS / TV MONITOR AUDIO For the spectators it s all about the game the beautiful game. (4.5 ) STREETS OF ROME But in the days and weeks before the event, tension builds. (4 ) Tension over security. (2.5 ) FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS IN STREETS AND STADIUM The host city is Rome. The event? The Champion s League final, between Manchester United and Barcelona. (6.5 ) POWRIE IN CAR ON CAMERA The threat of a terrorist attack is very real any place in the world nowadays. But in addition to the threat of a terrorist attack there are a range of security issues. (9.5 ) POWRIE WALKS IN STREET Brian Powrie is a security expert who has handled such high-profile events as G-8 summits. (5 )

2 POWRIE IN CAR ON CAMERA LOUD FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS We are talking about things such as criminal attack, we are talking about disorder, we are talking about community safety nuisance (10 ) ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE HEIYSEL STADIUM, 1985 History has shown that things can go desperately wrong during a Champions League final (5 ) Heysel Stadium in Belgium, Fans of Liverpool Football Club breach a fence separating them from rival supporters of Juventus of Turin. (10 ) As Juventus fans retreat, an old retaining wall collapses. Thirty-nine people die and some 600 hundreds are injured. (9.5 ) ROME STREETS It s the kind of tragedy no one wants to see repeated. (3 ) MASUCCI ON CAMERA ROBERTO MASSUCCI: (English) M Rome, the police, is well prepared, in terms of structure, of public transport and so on. But, you know, the Champion s League final is a very complex event. (10 ) MASSUCCI AT SECURITY MEETING WITH INTERNATIONAL SECURITY TEAMS Roberto Massucci of Italy s national Police is in charge of public order at major sporting events. He says that while it s obvious that national authorities are responsible for security during - 2 -

3 major events such as this one, the international community has an obligation to help. (15.5 ) How? For one thing, security experts from the UK and Spain the two team s home countries are here to help track the few potential trouble-makers hiding among thousands of wellmeaning fans. (13.5 ) POLICE OBSERVERS IN STADIUM Then there are the international police observers; from Denmark, Austria and France. (5.5 ) SECURITY OBSERVERS IN MONITOR ROOM TOWN OF LUCCA They re working on a project called EU-SEC II, developing best practices for major event security in Europe. And on new technologies, like electronic monitoring in crowded situations (12 ) Coordinating this research, far away from the crowds, is a lab run by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute UNICRI. (11 ) CONTARETTI WALKS AROUND LUCCA UNICRI s Alberto Contaretti says that this type of cooperation started during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Turin as a way to exchange information among the normally secretive security services of various countries. (15 ) CONTARETTI ON CAMERA ALBERTO CONTARETTI: (Italian) M So major events are a great opportunity to develop best practices in security planning. Methods that can then be used in any country - 3 -

4 for the day-to-day management and planning of security. (17 ) CROWDS IN ROME Meanwhile, in Rome, match time approaches (2.5 ) But life in the city needs to go on. (3.5 ) POLICE MANAGE CROWDS And so, security personnel deploy to manage traffic (3 ) As well as to extract spoilers from the festive crowd. (3.5 ) POWRIE ON CAMERA This is supposed to be a festival of football; this is an event that is supposed to show up the city and the country in the best possible light. (7 ) FOOTBALL GAME AT STADIUM Win or lose, the focus should be on the game itself. (3 ) CROWDS CELEBRATE In this case, Barcelona won (1.5 ) And so did security. (1.5 ) NUDE MAN IN FOUNTAIN WITH CROWDS UN LOGO Because the last thing anyone wants is to have their fun spoiled by trouble. (4.5 ) This report was produced by Michele Zaccheo for the United Nations. (4) - 4 -

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